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We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

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We thought gorillas only walked on their knuckles. We were wrong

Modern gorillas can walk in a variety of styles, not just the famous “knuckle-walking”, suggesting our common ancestor was similarly resourceful

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People are slaughtering orangutans and wiping them out

Earth

People are slaughtering orangutans and wiping them out

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humpback whale

Life

Drone captures humpback whales catching krill with bubbles

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A heart-shaped cake

Humans

Valentine’s Day seems to cause a mini baby-boom 9 months later

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Costume Bureau

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What is our place in the natural world?

Culture

prosthetics

Life

Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies

Culture

Cotton swab in mouth

Health

I got DNA tested to see if I would pass on diseases to my kids

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We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

Health

We can now read the whole genome of a fetus in the womb

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ceiling cat

Technology

Data as Culture: Humour and absurdity stalk the internet

Culture

A pregnant woman with a glass of water in one hand and a pill in the other

Health

Pregnant women have to navigate a minefield of painkiller advice

I'm pregnant and sick of confusing advice about whether painkillers can harm developing fetuses - what should women like me do?

Analysis

Health

The love drug that could draw people away from any addiction

Features

Health

Defence strategies: How immunology took its great leap forward

Culture

Earth

Renewables now generate more electricity than coal in Europe

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Humans

Primate archaeology: Digging up secrets of the monkey Stone Age

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